[pct-l] Frito Freak (Was Ray Jardine.. a Frito?)

[Kevin Cook]

I was wondering if Melanie, or anyone on the list, could recommend a book
about nutrition for endurance athletes, ie long distance hikers? I'm not
completely ignorant about nutrition, but I'm hoping there is something that
specifically looks at the needs of someone like a thru hiker. I'm preparing
most of my dinners at home, and will shop a lot of food, so I'd like to know
if I should be making any changes to help me hike better.

Thanks in advance :)

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Melanie Clarke <melaniekclarke at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Dan,
>
> I just take the Quaker Quick Oats (or generic) from the carton.  I prefer
> Edamame Soybeans but any will do.  First I take 1 cup Soy nuts, 1.5 cups
> oatmeal and blend in a food processor to a powder.  Then I add .5 (as in
> half) cup Splenda as I don't eat sugar but you may be okay with sugar.
>  Then
> I add 1 cup of raisins, dates, apricots or whatever dried fruit combination
> you want until it is chopped into bits.  If I am preparing this for my long
> distance bike rides I will add 1/2 cup of apple sauce to stick everything
> together.  For added nutrition you could probably add some milk powder.  I
> worry about spoilage so I've never tried this, but I should.  I get my
> daily
> milk servings from adding milk powder to my "blender" powdered cereal in
> the
> morning and with my pudding for dessert in the evening.  I insist on
> COMPLETE NUTRITION or minimum adult requirements of protein, calcium,
> vitamins etc. for my hike.  Anyway, for backpacking I just place the
> chopped
> up bar bits into a ziploc and moisten on the trail into a bar so it
> preserves better.
>
> If you divide this into 4 bars it will give you about 14gm of protein and
> about 375 calories.  Just about everyone in my family is obese and diabetic
> by age 50 so I only eat whole grain complex carbohydrates.  Some of you
> young men do not have weight issues so you could add nuts, sugar, breakfast
> cereals in place of oatmeal.
>
> Melanie
>
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Dan Kronstadt <subs at kronhead.com> wrote:
>
> > Melanie - do you use instant oatmeal, or regular? Didn't know whether
> > regular would be edible without some cooking ...
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > On 12/21/2010 7:46 AM, Melanie Clarke wrote:
> > > I make my own trail mix
> > > with roasted soybeans, oatmeal (complete protein combination) instead
> of
> > > nuts but I even blend that and place in a ziplock.
> > >
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